Comments on: The 700 mHz auction http://billso.com/2008/01/30/700-mhz-auction/ Bill Sodeman writes about management, mobile computing and information systems Wed, 01 Jun 2011 08:46:00 +0000 hourly 1 By: billso http://billso.com/2008/01/30/700-mhz-auction/comment-page-1/#comment-1041 billso Thu, 07 Feb 2008 17:08:11 +0000 http://billso.com/2008/01/30/700-mhz-auction/#comment-1041 The FCC has changed the auction rules, in an attempt to get a final bid: <a href="http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/02/05/spectrum-auction-now-comes-the-action-packed-bonus-round/" rel="nofollow">New York Times</a>. A second bidder emerged for the C block on Monday. <a href="http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/02/05/spectrum-auction-now-comes-the-action-packed-bonus-round/" rel="nofollow">New York Times again</a>. The FCC has changed the auction rules, in an attempt to get a final bid: New York Times.

A second bidder emerged for the C block on Monday. New York Times again.

]]> By: billso http://billso.com/2008/01/30/700-mhz-auction/comment-page-1/#comment-1026 billso Fri, 01 Feb 2008 18:47:40 +0000 http://billso.com/2008/01/30/700-mhz-auction/#comment-1026 The C block auction passed the US$4.6 billion mark yesterday. Open access, here we come. (<a href="http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/31/700mhz-c-block-hits-reserve-price-open-access-is-here/" rel="nofollow">Engadget</a>) The C block auction passed the US$4.6 billion mark yesterday. Open access, here we come. (Engadget)

]]> By: billso http://billso.com/2008/01/30/700-mhz-auction/comment-page-1/#comment-1022 billso Thu, 31 Jan 2008 00:00:08 +0000 http://billso.com/2008/01/30/700-mhz-auction/#comment-1022 From <a href="http://www.forbes.com/technology/2008/01/30/spectrum-auction-google-tech-wire-cx_ew_0130auction.html" rel="nofollow">Forbes</a>: Google is also looking at the "white space" between the analog television channels as another means of finding 700 mHz bandwidth. This is unused space that is meant to protect adjacent channels from bleeding into each other. After February 2009, white space will no longer be needed by television stations. Digital broadcasting uses narrower slices of the spectrum. There's no auction for the white space. It's free, and it will be available... pending FCC approval. From Forbes: Google is also looking at the “white space” between the analog television channels as another means of finding 700 mHz bandwidth. This is unused space that is meant to protect adjacent channels from bleeding into each other.

After February 2009, white space will no longer be needed by television stations. Digital broadcasting uses narrower slices of the spectrum.

There’s no auction for the white space. It’s free, and it will be available… pending FCC approval.

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